How Great Thou Art came on my Spotify shuffle this AM, specifically the Carrie Underwood / Vince Gill version. My top 2019 songs are, once again, 40 percent country covers of baptist hymns and 56 …
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How Great thou Art
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Make a Splash
OHHHH How I love it when my LA church is just SO VERY LA, as an LA church must be, for its survival. No judgement, church, I too do things to blend in, like ‘wearing …
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Find it, and Look at it
What is the word for when a writer remembers a quote from something written and it inspires them, but the quote is from something that they themselves wrote? OH RIGHT, NARCISSISM. I keep thinking about …
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What I need to Hear
Yesterday, a Sunday morning: I wake up, feeling a need to go to church and be quiet and reflective and pray I Go to church Okay, yes, I get there a few minutes late, but …
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Rachel Held Evans, 37
This remarkable person died last month. I somehow managed to not hear about her until AFTER she died, which still feels absurd to me, as her life’s work was questioning her faith while also living in …
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Taking Notes
As an adult, I have a sort of casual, magical relationship with church. I like the feeling of showing up when I want, wearing what I want, crying because no one knows me, leaving after …
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good man’s prayer
The visiting Pastor at the Church I’ve been hitting up on and off (and other action words you should never use for Church) told a really great Pastor joke on Sunday that I must share …
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Andrea G.
As I may have mentioned here before, I tend to read most of my reviews because a.) GOSH, I LOVE PAIN and b.) I truly feel like I can learn from them, if I read …
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Re: the end of days
TRUMP RECOGNIZES JERUSALEM AS THE CAPITAL OF ISRAEL STOP YET ANOTHER SIGNIFIER OF THE COMING OF THE END OF DAYS, AS PREDICTED BY THE BOOK OF REVELATION STOP ALSO THESE ICE CREAM BARS MADE OF …
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All of the C’s
My Co-worker shared something from her Rabi’s Yome Kippur service that I love and keep reflecting on, and so I’ll share it here: The Four C’s. When it comes to your relationships, do not: Condemn …